SUPERMARKET Aldi is to boost staff wages to a minimum rate of £8.40 per hour – and shoppers will still benefit from the popular Super Six promotion as prices won’t be rising.

The budget grocer has said the wage rise, which is above the ‘living wage’ will take effect from February 1 2016.

Aldi already pays all its store assistants at least £8.15 an hour and more than £9 per hour on average.

Unlike some other supermarkets, Aldi also gives employees paid breaks.

It comes as Aldi continues to win customers from Britain's largest supermarkets.

The company has recently opened its 600th UK store, in Cardiff. And has also announced plans to recruit and train more than 600 apprentices over an 18-month period starting in January 2016, to support its UK expansion.

Matthew Barnes, Aldi UK and Ireland chief executive, said: "The success of Aldi in the UK and Ireland has been driven by the commitment, hard work and ambition of our employees and we will continue to maintain our leading position on pay."